This is part 2 in a 2-part series on Turkey airports build. In part 1, we looked at the current state of airports in Turkey.Istanbul's new airport is without any doubt more than a plan to solve Ataturk’s current saturation. The mega project ”won't only meet Turkey's needs, but also be a hub for all the traffic from west to east, east to west, from Africa to Europe”, Turkey’s transport minister said. Validated in 2013, the construction of the first phase should start this year and be achieved in 2016, to be able to handle 100 million passengers per year at that time.

We hear a lot less about the aviation in Turkey than in many other countries and even though Turkish Airlines ordered several hundred Boeing and Airbus jets last year, the huge orders of the gulf carriers quickly took the headlines, again. And when it comes to growth figures, we hear a lot more about Asian countries.

Istanbul is planning to build the biggest airport in the world, but most keep in mind Dubai or Beijing airport development plans. Now, what if the aviation market in Turkey was even more impressive than that?